Slim Dusty – My Sons Guitar (Guitar)

         C                               D
Has this travelling' life of mine really happened?

       F            G                 C
Have I sung so many songs and been so far?

                                    D
And today here in the sun I feel contentment

      F              G             C
so, I walk inside to find my son's guitar.

        C                                       D
Oh, the strings are pretty new, but the face is dusty

      F             G               C
I can see he hasn't played it for a while

                                      D
But in his profession, I know he gets busy

        F                G              C
"pretty busy dad", he'll mention with a smile

        F               G                C
Sitting in this old backyard here in the sunshine

        F                C                   G
and the outside world is blocked out from my mind

    C                                 F
and time is standing still just for a moment

                    G               C
one country singer, sitting down to write. that’s right.

  C                            D
I too have been busy round the country

      F                G                C
in my kind of work you must keep movin' on

                                   D
but here this morning I feel so contented

         F                    G             C
Sitting, strumming, tryin' to write another song

         C                              D
This old crazy life of mine has kept me moving

       F                 G                  C
seeing places, I'd never seen if I'd stayed home

    C                               D
And music has somehow kept us all together

      F                G               C
so, I don't regret the many seeds I’ve sown

        F               G                C
Sitting in this old backyard here in the sunshine

        F                C                   G
and the outside world is blocked out from my mind

    C                                 F
and time is standing still just for a moment

                    G               C
one country singer, sitting down to write.

     C                                  D
In a few days’ time I know that I’ll be leaving

            F           G                  C
Theres’s publicity long trips and speeding cars

                                              D
Oh, but I'll hold dear the memory of this old backyard

        F               G             C
sitting in the sunshine with my son's guitar

         F                  G           C
Has this travelling life of mine really happened?

       F            C                 G
Have I sung so many songs and been so far?

      C                               F
Oh, today here in the sun, I found contentment

                            G           C       F    C
Sitting singing, strumming, on my son's guitar.      Mhmm